OMZRiK and judaic organizations train police officers to prosecute “talk hate”

On 20–22 May, a workshop devoted to alleged hatred crimes was held at the Legionow Police Training Centre. Officers from all over Poland participated. The training took place as part of the EU “Facing all the Facts” project, which aims to “enhance the ability of countries to fight hatred speech”. Sounds neutral. In fact, it is part of a larger process of ideology of state services.

The main expert invited to conduct the classes was Dr. hab. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabas – a lawyer specializing in global law, human rights and alleged memory law. For years he has been working with global judaic organizations specified as the American judaic Committee, planet judaic legislature and ISGAP. Her technological achievements focus mainly on combating anti-Semitism, restrictions on freedom of speech and promoting the legal management of historical memory.

Along with her, another known names appear on the list of co-workers and trainers of specified programs: Marta Chmura-Rutkowska – feminist and activist for anti-discrimination education, or Konrad Dulkowski – manager of the Monitoring Centre for Racist and Xenophobic Behavioral Behaviours (OMZRiK), an organization accused of a selective approach to “hatred”. All these experts represent 1 dominant worldview: left-liberal, progressive, frequently activistic.

The task is besides attended by representatives of the judaic Association Czulent – an organization promoting judaic heritage in Poland and monitoring anti-Semitism. For years now, the Czulent has been active in government and European consultations on hatred speech and "inclusiveness" strategies. This organization, registered in Krakow, conducts, among others, educational programs, reports on "hateful narratives" on the network, and cooperates with global organizations. Its activity is increasingly affecting policies shaping the limits of public debate in Poland.

Formally, the training was educational, including definitions of hatred crimes, reporting methods and "reactions circumstantial to uniformed services". The problem is that all training material is based on an ideological imagination of society, where any manifestation of criticism of immigration, LGBT movements or memory policies can be classified as “a speech of hatred”.

In practice, officers learn not so much to prosecute crimes as to admit “inappropriate” views. The tools of the state are increasingly used, not to enforce neutral law, but to advance a peculiar worldview – frequently not shared by the majority of society.

A Democratic mandate or a world-view offensive?

The fundamental question is: who determines what is hatred? Is the legal strategy expected to punish for emotions, intentions and words – or for concrete, harmful acts? In the current political and media climate, the answer seems obvious: who does not agree with the alleged modern values can anticipate intervention. This explanation is increasingly sanctioned by public institutions, from police to courts.

Training in Legionów is not a one-time event – it is part of a wider trend. Subsequent generations of officers will be formed not only in the spirit of respect for the law, but besides in ideology, whose sources are frequently found outside Poland. Police, alternatively of an impartial public order tool, are slow becoming a social engineering actor – with the aid of activists, NGOs and experts from “narration”.

We add that General Prosecutor Adam Bodnar issued on 5 March 2025 fresh guidelines for the conduct of investigations into crimes motivated by prejudice, including hatred speech. This paper was drafted by a squad of experts, including representatives of NGOs specified as those mentioned above.

Key aspects of the fresh guidelines:

• specialised prosecutors: hatred speech cases are to be dealt with by prosecutors with adequate preparation in this area.
• Public prosecution: certain crimes will be prosecuted ex officio or at the request of the prosecutor erstwhile the public interest so requires.
• security of electronic devices: Prosecutors will have the right to safe phones, laptops and another electronic devices. Experts will analyse their content, including deleted entries or comments.
• hate speech besides includes memes: The guidelines clearly specify that hatred speech besides includes visual messages specified as memes.
• respect for victims' identities: Prosecutors are obliged to address victims utilizing their preferred pronouns and forms of individual verbs to guarantee their intellectual comfort.
• access to data: the prosecution will be able to ask telecommunications operators for the essential data, including access to e-mail, to identify haters on the network.
• chasing content from closed groups: hatred speech crimes committed in closed groups, private chats, etc., will be prosecuted if they go beyond the ellipse of closest household and friends.

Additionally, the lawyer General announced the yearly publication of statistic on settlement of hatred speech offences on the website.